this morning i felt like i needed a little comforting connection from flash so when i came down from my sleeping in i chose to sit on his lap. within two second the pea had toddled her cute bum over and insisted that we pick her up so she could join us. she [...]
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pig pile and other minutia
Posted in my life, parenting, tagged breastfeeding, crafts, flash on 12/17/2009 | 4 Comments »
flow like water
Posted in my life, parenting, woowoo, tagged home, lessonish on 12/14/2009 | 4 Comments »
when i was about to give birth to the bean, a supervisor i was working with led a group of us in a breathing, moving mediation in which we connected with each element (earth, air, water, fire) and let that element help us with we were struggling with. the exercise was powerful and i [...]
i think i am
Posted in my life, parenting, tagged lessonish on 12/12/2009 | 9 Comments »
not to long ago i realized that i can be one of those mom’s who takes her kids to play in the woods. the thing that was most special for me that day, aside from how seamlessly the whole expedition went, was the moment in which i saw how simple it can be to [...]
feeling my way
Posted in my life, parenting on 12/09/2009 | 2 Comments »
yesterday i found a slip of paper in the bean’s take home folder at school inviting us to write up a holiday tradition from our family for him to share with his classmates. it is sitting on the counter now reminding me of how much i wish i had a simple sentence to fill [...]
take a step back
Posted in parenting, woowoo, tagged crafts on 12/04/2009 | 1 Comment »
when i was a little glitter loving hippie youth, i listened to a lot of grateful dead bootlegs. one of my favorite things to hear was when they would sing out this little tune encouraging the spectators to stop crowding towards the stage which was smooshing people in the front. ”take a step back! take [...]
inner quiet
Posted in parenting, woowoo, tagged lessonish on 12/03/2009 | 10 Comments »
have you been to that place? through your silent meditation, or a led meditation, a yoga class or a long walk in the woods or your fingers in the garden for hours, or through prayer, or with the help of your god or goddess or some guides — have you been to that place where [...]
when i grow up
Posted in parenting on 12/02/2009 | 9 Comments »
in the last few months i have found several blogs i like to read in which the mama’s are always taking their little one’s for walks in the woods, and i am looking at the pictures with such envy. i hold these women up as amazing people who manage to get their children out regularly [...]
some recent thoughts on parenting
Posted in parenting, tagged nighttime parenting, sleep on 11/28/2009 | 11 Comments »
the other day i took a moment to read annie over at PhD in Parenting’s post in which she asked crib using parents to tell her what the transition to a bed was like for them and their child. she put the post up out of curiosity, not understanding how the child who needs [...]
co sleeping with my bean
Posted in parenting, tagged bean, nighttime parenting, sleep on 11/24/2009 | 8 Comments »
the last few nights the bean has been coming into the bed with me sometime between 11 and 1. he arrives in the room silently and i only know to wake up and find him because i have heard his door opening on the monitor i still use with him. i wake up slowly and [...]
i really did not want to go to the gym today. despite my efforts at healing myself and my taking my vitamins and some special immune support extra’s i am still contending with my rash. it has been awhile since i first got it and i am feeling a little frustrated with the [...]
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